Committee on Standards in Public Life: Upholding Standards in Public Life
USPL-11
Response position Partially accepted
Delivery status In progress
Published November 2021
Addressed to Cabinet Office
Response position and delivery status are recorded separately. Acceptance does not establish implementation.
Recommendation (the Committee's words)
The Business Appointment Rules should be amended to prohibit for two years appointments where the applicant has had significant and direct responsibility for policy, regulation, or the awarding of contracts relevant to the hiring company.
From: Committee on Standards in Public Life, Upholding Standards in Public Life, November 2021
Government response
Government response (the government's words)
The Government considers that an automatic prohibition for two years is overly broad and could have unintended consequences. The Government thinks that, in practice, the system they are putting forward of including more of the requirements about restrictions on future employment in contracts may come to similar conclusions as recommended here but will be taken on the basis of contractual clauses.
From: HM Government. Source document ↗
Assessment by the issuing body
Assessment (the Committee's words)
Partially met